God's imitator

Chapter 54 Quarrel
Su Xiucen lowered her head and remained silent.

Wang Yongxin continued to explain: "Okay, even if we don't consider the survival strategy for everyone, and don't consider using the third cell, we can still avoid triggering the vote for the King's Trial by conducting the trial more fairly."

"We now know that only when the fairness score drops to 0 will the trial of the king be triggered."

"If Uncle Ding had been more impartial in this process, adjusted the order of events, and ensured that the punishments we four prisoners received were roughly commensurate with our crimes, and if the fairness score hadn't dropped to 0 by the time we finished the 10 games, regardless of who lived or died, he wouldn't have been in any danger."

"Even if none of the above applies, the King's Trial will still begin, and Uncle Ding will still have a chance to survive."

"According to the rules of the King's Trial, the execution votes will only be effective if more than half of the total number of votes from the prisoners are received."

"If Uncle Ding enters the prison cell to participate in the trial game, then he will also be considered a prisoner and can cast a vote against it."

"Moreover, as long as Uncle Ding can make the other prisoners feel grateful, instead of completely ruining the relationship, then these prisoners will not all vote to execute him."

"Uncle Ding will not die in either of these two situations."

Lin Sizhi added: "Actually, there is another possibility, but this possibility is more demanding and not easy to achieve."

"If there are two or three highly intelligent spectators on the side betting on the king, then no matter how much Uncle Ding tries, he won't die."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, clearly they hadn't considered this possibility before.

Lin Sizhi explained: "According to the rules of the fairness rating, the audience can actually give a fair evaluation against their will, but they will be deducted 10,000 minutes of visa time."

"If viewers who bet on the Kings cast fair votes against their conscience, they can recover a 20-point deficit each time, according to the rules of the game."

"A few rounds of voting are enough to bring the fairness score to a safe level."

"Of course, this condition is too demanding, and I think it is almost impossible."

"Because the audience on the king's side couldn't possibly guess the specific punishment after the fairness level dropped to zero. What if it was just about forcibly locking the king in a cell or replacing the king? Then it wouldn't have much to do with them."

"Under uncertain circumstances, forcing someone to vote against their will will deduct 10,000 minutes of visa time each time, which is too costly."

"Moreover, if the King's audience wants to win, they have to keep instigating the King. They've already spent a lot of time on visas. If they're forced to vote against their will, the input and output will be completely disproportionate."

"Even if one viewer does this, it is unlikely to receive unanimous support from other Kings' viewers."

Cai Zhiyuan, who had been silent all along, spoke up: "Speaking of which, Attorney Lin, I have a question."

"Did you also notice the issue of fair voting a long time ago?"
"Did you guess that this would trigger the mechanism of judging the king?"

Lin Sizhi shook her head: "I guessed that the fairness vote might trigger some kind of mechanism in the game, but I can't guess what the specific mechanism is."

"This is somewhat similar to the creative principle of drama. If a gun appears in the first act, it will definitely go off in a later act. I think that since the designers of this game have included a fairness vote, it must play a role in some way."

"The rules clearly state that the fairness vote will not bring any benefit to the audience, so it can only be related to the five players in the room."

Su Xiucen lowered her head helplessly, seemingly finally beginning to accept reality, and her voice changed more from questioning to pleading.

"Attorney Lin, you are audience member number 5. According to Officer Cao, you deliberately cast the wrong vote twice."

Lin Sizhi nodded: "Yes."

"why?"

Lin Sizhi calmly explained, "The first time is to verify the accuracy of this lie detection mechanism, which will be used to determine the subsequent game strategy."

"The second attempt was to correct the previous incorrect results and prevent the fairness score from being biased by the first attempt."

Su Xiucen's body trembled slightly: "But what if you had realized that this mechanism might exist, and guessed that you could delay its effectiveness by using a vote against your conscience?"

"So, if you deliberately cast multiple votes against your conscience, is it possible to delay the trial?"

Lin Sizhi thought for a moment, but didn't offer any explanation: "That's how it is."

Su Xiucen wanted to say something more, but Wang Yongxin had already reached his limit.

He seemed to have finally reached the point of exploding, slamming his hand on the table: "Enough!"

The previous game had already injured his throat and made his voice hoarse. Now, because of his anger, he raised his voice, making it sound even more strained.

"What exactly are you trying to say? Are you going to try the three of us like we're murderers?"

"I will answer on behalf of Attorney Lin:"
"Even if he cast a few more fair votes against his conscience, it would be completely meaningless!"

"Even if the eighth vote temporarily postpones the king's trial, what about the ninth? What about the tenth?"

"Suppose Uncle Ding had killed us all back then, he would still have died immediately once the trial began! Because a dead prisoner would automatically cast his execution warrant!"

"Moreover, even if Attorney Lin guessed that something might happen when the fairness level dropped to zero, who knows what exactly would happen before the 'Trial of the King' mechanism was actually triggered?"
"Perhaps they should put Uncle Ding in prison? Or perhaps they should change the king's identity?"
"With all of this unknown, hasn't Attorney Lin done enough as an audience member?"
"Moreover, you think Attorney Lin should vote against his conscience to prevent the trial mechanism from being triggered, but is that fair to me and Cai Zhiyuan? "I don't care what you think, but I know that Attorney Lin is our savior."

"If Attorney Lin really did what you said, then we would both be dead long ago! Killed by Uncle Ding long ago!"

Su Xiucen shook her head: "Brother Ding is a good person, he wouldn't kill anyone!"

Wang Yongxin angrily said, "If he wouldn't kill anyone, then how did Zhang Peng die?"

"If he is really as good as you think, why doesn't he go into cell number 3 himself, or let anyone else into cell number 3?"
"The audience said, kill us all, and we'll give him a visa with 500,000 credits!"
“You didn’t see his expression at the time, but I did. He was really thinking about this issue seriously!”
"Perhaps you feel that Attorney Lin has not done enough, but how much does he have to do to be considered enough?"

"Attorney Lin's three statements have revealed the core secret of this game. What can Uncle Ding do if he won't listen?"

"Should Attorney Lin spend tens of thousands of minutes of visa processing time writing a short essay?"
"When I was persuading Uncle Ding to go to the prison cell, if we counted one word per 1000 minutes, it would have taken hundreds of thousands of minutes, right? How did Uncle Ding respond to me?"

He asked me in return: "On what grounds?"
“I was covered in injuries and I tried to talk to him, but he wouldn’t listen. Why do you think that if Attorney Lin, as ‘audience member number 5,’ wrote a short essay of only a few dozen words, he would listen to me?”
"So, is it wrong for us to want to live?"

"The vote in the King's Trial is only once; once you miss it, it's gone forever! He has disappointed us time and time again; why should we continue to believe in him unconditionally!"

Wang Yongxin's appearance startled everyone, and for a moment no one spoke.

Wang Yongxin was still indignant: "I'm not saying I'm more noble than him. Perhaps if I were king, I would die before him."

“I’m probably the most selfish person in this community, but I think it’s reasonable for others to treat me the same way.”

"If I were Uncle Ding, I would accept the consequences of my bet."

"Since you've chosen the selfish path and want to maximize your visa time, shouldn't you be prepared to bear the consequences?"

"What business in this world only involves profits and no risks?"

"As for whether this is fair or not? Of course it is very unfair, but so what?"

"How naive are you to still be looking for fairness in this world?"

"Fairness, fairness, where in this world is there so much fairness?"

"I've said it before, the new world is not a utopia. There is only one way in this world, and that is to survive by any means necessary!"
"In every game, I carefully analyze the optimal strategy for you and try my best to tell you how to improve your chances of survival."

"What are you doing again? This won't do, that's not right, you're always getting caught up in some inexplicable things."

"This is a life-or-death game where you could die at any moment, not a variety show, okay, everyone?"

"Do we have to repeat this stupid process every time someone dies in the future?"
"I've had enough. From now on, I don't want to discuss these pointless issues with you anymore, and I don't care what you think or how you see me!"

"If you think I'm guilty of heinous crimes and must pay with my life just because I was forced to protect myself in the game, then go ahead and do whatever you want. I welcome you to use any means to kill me!"

After Wang Yongxin finished speaking, he began to cough violently and uncontrollably.

Then he turned around, went upstairs to his room, and stopped participating in the discussion.

Another long silence followed.

Fu Chen looked at Su Xiucen and comforted her, "Aunt Su, calm down too."

"I believe everyone is equally saddened by what happened to Uncle Ding."

"But Wang Yongxin and Cai Zhiyuan had just come back from the brink of death, and being tried as murderers is something no normal person could accept emotionally."

"You really shouldn't have said those things to them."

"I believe we cannot judge these people who have gone through life-or-death games by the moral standards of the past. As the saying goes, never test human nature, because human nature cannot withstand the test."

"Especially in times like these, we must remain calm, rational, and trust and unite with one another."

"If we start fighting amongst ourselves, how will we deal with those horrible copycats?"

Fu Chen's words brought some life back to the otherwise dreary hall.

Su Xiucen held Ding Wenqiang's visa bracelet in her hands and nodded sadly: "I understand."

"Xiao Fu, you're a good kid, thank you."

So far, there has been little discussion about the details of the "King's Trial," and it is far less in-depth than the discussions that were held before.

Perhaps because of Ding Wenqiang's death, most people are somewhat resistant to discussing this topic, so even if it is forced to start, it is difficult to push it forward.

Fu Chen sighed, "Let's call it a day. Everyone's tired, so get some rest."

(End of this chapter)